I owe the most, in money and in love; Must it be so? Of wondrous virtues. But I should think of shallows and of flats, To kiss her burial. 2. Bassanio declares himself unable to live…, Antonio seeks out Shylock in an effort to get the moneylender to listen to him. And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks, Bassanio, his friend and kinsman, asks him for…. ANTONIO. Antonio. My Lord Bassanio, since you have found Antonio, Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. BASSANIO. For the four winds blow in from every coast But tell not me; I know Antonio Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; I am to learn; Sleep when he wakes, and creep into the jaundice The Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1 Translation. Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. ANTONIO. I pray you, have in mind where we must meet. Salerio proposes, with Solanio's agreement, that Antonio must be worried about his ships at sea. Venice. And mine a sad one. Lancelet brings Shylock an invitation to dinner at Bassanio’s. By being peevish? Therefore my merchandise makes me not sad. What guesses do Solanio and Salerio have about the causes of his depression? Portia enters as a doctor of…, Gratiano gives the disguised Portia Bassanio’s ring. Or bring your latter hazard back again 3. Here comes Bassanio, your most noble kinsman, View Merchant Questions Act IV.pdf from ART MISC at Trevor Day School. Antonio, a merchant, is in a melancholic state of mind and unable to find a reason for his depression. How to get clear of all the debts I owe. And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper; Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? The Merchant of Venice (Lit2Go Edition). Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court…, Antonio, a Venetian merchant, has invested all his wealth in trading expeditions. Copyright © 2006—2020 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida. Antonio. SCENE 2: Belmont. In Belmont is a lady richly left, Should I go to church. SALARINO. Scene 1. The Merchant of Venice Act 1, Scene 1 Comprehension Questions: 1. What is Portia’s problem at the beginning of Scene 2. And see my wealthy Andrew dock'd in sand, Say when. Come, good Lorenzo.—Fare you well a while. Believe me, no. What has Bassanio come to tell Antonio? Shall I have the thought Lit2Go Edition. But fish not with this melancholy bait, Would blow me to an ague, when I thought ANTONIO. When Bassanio and Gratiano also return, bringing Antonio with them, Portia and Nerissa “discover”…. William Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1," The Merchant of Venice, Lit2Go Edition, (1597), accessed December 20, 2020, https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/41/the-merchant-of-venice/586/merchant-of-venice-act-1-scene-1/. And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks. O my Antonio, I do know of these But at dinner time. And now worth nothing? That in your knowledge may by me be done, The Merchant of Venice STUDENT COPY Act IV, Scene I - Venice Vocabulary abject – wretched acquitted – found innocent, not And, in a word, but even now worth this, Believe me, sir, had I such venture forth, Be with my hopes abroad. BASSANIO. By something showing a more swelling port To think on this, and shall I lack the thought Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. To find the other forth; and by adventuring both Shall I have the thought, To think on this, and shall I lack the thought. December 20, 2020. In sooth, I know not why I am so sad; Shylock enters…, Portia advises Bassanio to postpone choosing for fear he should make the wrong choice. Do you have questions or feedback for the Folger Shakespeare team? Then do but say to me what I should do Year Published: 1597 Language: English Country of Origin: England Source: Shakespeare, W. (1597).The Merchant of Venice.New York: Sully and Kleinteich. 1 The Merchant of Venice PDF A full version of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice text NoSweatShakespeare.com Making Shakespeare easy and accessible . What does Shylock mean when he says that “Antonio is a good man”? Portia is mentioned in the earlier scene, but this is her first appearance. And do a wilful stillness entertain, I'll end my exhortation after dinner. It wearies me, you say it wearies you. Why, then, is Antonio so sad? SALANIO. But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, A street. And thankfully rest debtor for the first. O my Antonio! He has shared his answers to various questions on Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1. Gratiano, and Lorenzo. SCENE 2: 1. By something showing a more swelling port. To wind about my love with circumstance; Would make me sad. Act 1 scene 1 merchant of Venice That I have much ado to know myself. And she is fair and, fairer than that word, Be with my hopes abroad. Than my faint means would grant continuance. But Antonio insists that he's confident his ships are safe. That curtsy to them, do them reverence, You grow exceeding strange. BASSANIO. To shoot another arrow that self way SALARINO. We’ll make our leisures to attend on yours. With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion As I will watch the aim, or to find both, Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind. ANTONIO. Ready, so please your grace. And see the holy edifice of stone, I owe you much, and, like a willful youth, That which I owe is lost. Act 1, Scene 2: Belmont. Well, we will leave you then till dinner-time. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time: Some that will evermore peep through their eyes, That they’ll not show their teeth in way of smile. Well, we will leave you then till dinner time. Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. I urge this childhood proof. Would scatter all her spices on the stream, What lifts his depression? Which, touching but my gentle vessel’s side. have them, they are not worth the search. For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. As they fly by them with their woven wings. Sometimes from her eyes CorkShakespeare 28,602 views. The Merchant of Venice is the story of a Jewish moneylender who demands that an antisemitic Christian offer “a pound of flesh” as collateral against a loan.First performed in 1598, Shakespeare’s study of religious difference remains controversial. From such a noble rate. "Merchant of Venice: Act 1, Scene 1." Well, keep me company but two years moe, That which I owe is lost; but if you please His friends Salerio and Solanio attempt to cheer him up by telling him that he is only worried about his ships returning safely to port. But how I caught it, found it, or came by it. ACT 1. In court at Venice, Shylock demands that the terms of his bond be fulfilled. They lose it that do buy it with much care. And you embrace th' occasion to depart. Therefore my merchandise makes me not sad. Why doesn’t he know the cause of his sadness? A street. That such a thing bechanced would make me sad? English Maths Physics Chemistry Biology. had I but the means Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth, For the four winds blow in from every coast. His reasons are as, two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you, shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you. I tell thee what, Antonio— This collection of children's literature is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by various grants. Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster, Gratiano and Salarino wait for Lorenzo near Shylock’s house. I tell thee what, Antonio. Act 2, Scene 1: Belmont. Not in love neither? Upon the fortune of this present year; And thankfully rest debtor for the first. On a street in Venice, the merchant Antonio tells his friends Solanio and Salerio that he feels "so sad" (1.1.1) but doesn't know why. Or as it were the pageants of the sea— At Portia’s estate of Belmont, Portia and Nerissa talk over Portia’s frustration at being unable to choose her own husband…. We leave you now with better company. And when I ope my lips let no dog bark.' Than if you had made waste of all I have. In a neat’s tongue dried and a maid not vendible. (Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood. Is to come fairly off from the great debts Notes. His good friend Bassanio joins him. ANTONIO. Venice. Thou shalt not know the sound of thine own tongue. 2 ACT I SCENE I. Venice. It wearies me; you say it wearies you; Why does Bassanio set his sights on Portia? They lose it that do buy it with much care. Not in love neither? Fare you well. Vailing her high top lower than her ribs Try what my credit can in Venice do; The Merchant Of Venice ACT I SCENE I Venice. Piring in maps for ports and piers and roads; What harm a wind too great might do at sea. Then let us say you are sad I owe you much; and, like a wilful youth, To kiss her burial. Lancelet, the clown, makes jokes at the expense of Jessica and then Lorenzo. And such a want-wit sadness makes of me That such a thing bechanc'd would make me sad? We'll make our leisures to attend on yours. How much money does Bassanio ask to borrow from Shylock? For more information, including classroom activities, readability data, and original sources, please visit https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/41/the-merchant-of-venice/586/merchant-of-venice-act-1-scene-1/. Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sleep when he wakes? We two will leave you; but at dinner-time, Sometimes from her eyes. 8:41. (I love thee, and ’tis my love that speaks): And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.”. Her name is Portia—nothing undervalu'd If worthier friends had not prevented me. Shakespeare, William. Antonio dismisses this possibility at once. Let me play the fool; Venice. You grow exceeding strange; must it be so? The three merchants are Discussing Antonio’s sadness which doesn’t see to have a suspension reason. You know me well, and herein spend but time From such a noble rate; but my chief care My Lord Bassanio, since you have found Antonio, We two will leave you. I’ll grow a talker for this gear. As they fly by them with their woven wings. Would scatter all her spices on the stream, And now worth nothing? His … The Merchant of Venice. For saying nothing; when, I am very sure, But Shylock insists that the…, Portia entrusts the management of her household to Lorenzo and pretends to leave with Nerissa for a house of an…. Then let us say you are sad, Because you are not merry; and ’twere as easy, For you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. This page contains the original text of Act 1, Scene 2 of The Merchant of Venice. Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate SALARINO. LORENZO. He picks the gold one…, In Venice Solanio and Salarino discuss the latest news: Shylock’s torment over the loss of his daughter and the treasures…, At Belmont the Prince of Arragon attempts to win Portia by choosing the silver chest, but finds in it the…, In Venice Solanio and Salarino have learned that the Italian ship wrecked in the English Channel was Antonio’s. Act 1 scene 1 merchant of Venice Ans:- In Merchant of Venice, The scene opens with three friend’s Antonio, Salanio and Salarino on a street of Venice. Antonio seems to have it all. International Baccalaureate practice IOC for act 1 scene 1 of merchant of venice. Venice. For Gratiano never lets me speak. ANTONIO. Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks, Say. If worthier friends had not prevented me. To hold a rival place with one of them, Do overpeer the petty traffickers, Act 1, scene 3. Which makes her seat of Belmont Colchos' strond, Fare you well; I'll grow a talker for this gear. Go presently inquire, and so will I, You know me well, and herein spend but time, And out of doubt you do me now more wrong. ANTONIO. Renowned suitors, and her sunny locks Web. And out of doubt you do me now more wrong Some that will evermore peep through their eyes, To unburden all my plots and purposes To furnish thee to Belmont to fair Portia. Act 1, Scene 1: Venice. Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. Scene 1. I love thee, and 'tis my love that speaks— Act IV, Scene 1. Bassanio inf… With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come; The Merchant of Venice. What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, As soon as Lorenzo arrives, he calls Jessica, who throws him…, At Belmont the Prince of Morocco attempts to choose the right chest and win Portia. Bassanio, his friend and kinsman, asks him for… Act 1, scene 2. 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, And other of such vinegar aspect My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, I am sorry for thee: thou art come to answer A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch uncapable of pity, void and empty 1935 From any dram of mercy. Therefore go forth: That shall be racked even to the uttermost. Your worth is very dear in my regard. A street. I would have stayed till I had made you merry. [Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO] Antonio. In my school-days, when I had lost one shaft, Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, Bassanio, his friend and kinsman, asks him for money to go to Belmont, where Bassanio hopes to marry the heiress Portia. Hath left me gag'd. The self-same way, with more advised watch, Antonio, however, denies that he is worried about his ships and remains depressed. ENI C E (C A RD) / 1 Merchant of Venice ACT I SCENE I. Venice. Merchant of Venice. Antonio, a Venetian merchant, has invested all his wealth in trading expeditions. This Thanks, i' faith, for silence is only commendable I have a mind presages me such thrift But if you please. [Enter ANTONIO, SALARINO, and SALANIO] ANTONIO In sooth, I know not why I am so sad: It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff ’tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much ado to know myself. View The merchant of Venice Act 1 scene 2 and 3.pdf from MICROECONO 207 at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi. His two friends leave after Bassanio, Graziano and Lorenzoarrive. GRATIANO. You look not well, Signior Antonio; ANTONIO. Modern English Reading Act I Scene I To you, Antonio, Fare ye well; Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? I oft found both. Than my faint means would grant continuance; Than if you had made waste of all I have. A court of justice. 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